10 Times the Police Framed People

[@WatchMojo]

What other corrupt police frame-ups have YOU heard about? Let us know in the comments. For more True Crime content like this, click here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGGmaZ1oea9gprc Don't forget to play our Live Trivia (www.watchmojo.com/play) games at 3pm and 8pm EST for a chance to win cash! The faster you answer, the more points you get!

[@keiragalaise6435]

I always love your guy's videos, but frankly, the fact that this particular topic even exists is tragic and an abomination.

[@chieftone-tone591]

HEY! WatchMojo make a video about: Top 10 TV Shows Ruined By A Character's Recast. I BEGGED YOU PLEASE MAKE IT FOR ME!!!!

[@ronburns6920]

the Guilford four

[@ashleybrown4754]

Cops breaking into the wrong peoples houses and then killing them when they defend themselves fills me with an indescribable rage

[@jeremygonzalez9749]

And they get away with it all too Smfh! I know this video is just showing 10 notable times this has happened but man it happens a whole lot fucking more unfortunately

[@seekdatruth2022cedricksgoldman]

you cant even do that if they lable you uh felon you can't even have a fire arm that makes my blood boil its truly the end of the world its almost time to go

[@stone1andonly]

This is why psych screenings for prospective policemen should be a nationwide requirement at every single level of law enforcement. You might not eliminate corruption altogether, but chances are you could reduce it substantially.

[@rosalynjelks4494]

And they need to have drug tests administered. Those cops be hopped up on drugs. What hypocrites

[@jjkcharlie]

Amen.

[@Zeldaftw]

They'll just lie.

[@true282]

A kid I used to go to school with is now a cop, he steals money from crime scenes.

[@stone1andonly]

@@rosalynjelks4494 Especially steroids - when you see cops next to professional athletes and make them look small, you just know that something is a little off.

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Honorable mention: the victims of Zachary Wester. Wester was a Florida deputy who planted drugs in the vehicles of motorists. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

[@mattalan6618]

i was one of his targets.

[@Yumi_Jay]

Was that featured on court cam?

[@jeremywilliams5141]

@@Yumi_Jay Yes.

[@jeremywilliams5141]

@@mattalan6618 I'm sorry to hear that. Many people missed precious time with their families because of him.

[@mattalan6618]

@@jeremywilliams5141 lost 8 years of my life to that moron. and now i will forever be known as an convict for a crime i didnt commit. you know how hard it is for someone like me to hold a job knowing other people look at you differently? its not easy

[@RiVer-Parish]

Even with cameras everywhere pointed at them, a cop can still get away with literally anything, yet wonder why certain demographics can't stand their profession.

[@benjaminmurray455]

Honestly this video was long overdue 😢😢 although they are there to serve the public, they have, a lot of times not served the public interest!! Thank you WatchMojo for highlighting this! ❤

[@mr_emo111]

This is actually crazy when you think about it, police doing the exact opposite of what they stand for😭

[@PrinceIsot]

That's why, surprisingly and libs will tell you different, cops hate bad cops more than anyone else hates them

[@bobthedopeman7327]

​@@PrinceIsotyes. Every. Single. Liberal hates the police. They told me.

[@PrinceIsot]

@@bobthedopeman7327 just the ones easily trained by the media and edited videos 🤣

[@markzuckergecko621]

​@@bobthedopeman7327 I seem to remember 670 violent riots in a single year, with all of the far leftists chanting open threats towards police. And if there are any liberals who didn't agree with that sentiment, they sure were awfully quiet about it.

[@shawnbbunbbbybbb3942]

That’s nothing new. It says C.P.R. on the side of their cars which stands for courtesy, professionalism, and respect which is hilariously ironic because a lot of them give u 0 courtesy and r the most disrespectful ppl I’ve ever seen and the way the conduct themselves and act as though they’re above the law and can do whatever they want and you’re beneath them and they can treat u however they want is beyond unprofessional it’s borderline illegal and the only reason I say borderline illegal is because even though it is illegal since they’re the cops they get to say whether or not what they’re doing is wrong

[@kriscynical]

A few years ago there was a day my dad was at my sister's house helping her do some repairs outside, and they witnessed an off duty cop beat the shit out of his teenage daughter in his driveway in broad daylight with a half dozen other witnesses. Did he ever get in trouble? Any consequences at all? No. Of course not. The department circled the wagons and protected him. _Shocker._ 🙄

[@jeffreycarr3528]

Crazy how you can get fired from your jo, for a failed drug test. But some police/Law enforcer. can be "PROVEN" guilty and someone will pay their bail.

[@USCanDoBetter]

The people in charge (that we elect) don’t have to deal with it.

[@CrazyKiwiGaming]

if you are proven to have pushed a false accusation you should serve double the time the oersin was locked up for

[@ChuckSnow5]

Honorable mention: The Alabama sheriff’s department who trained their dogs to give a reaction signal when the cops gave a hand signal during a traffic stop. The dogs would immediately sit down and put a paw on the vehicle. Allowing the department to seize any and all property of the driver and passengers.

[@shanekidd5766]

Fun Fact: Rafael Perez and the Rampart scandal is the inspiration behind 2001’s Training Day.

[@SenatorLeiaOrganaSolo]

Police corruption at its finest.

[@Spawnwick_Boseman82820]

Hands down, no doubt about it

[@Spawnwick_Boseman82820]

Hands down, no doubt about it

[@atworkstation]

It also happens with the NOPD for years.

[@shawnbbunbbbybbb3942]

It’s crazy how even when they pardon someone because they were wrongfully imprisoned they still never admit fault and accept blame or responsibility, usually those responsible aren’t held accountable and they never even apologize so it’s like they’re saying even though u didn’t do it and we now know that and r releasing u nobody didn’t anything wrong and we didn’t make any mistakes

[@BigFella117]

“No one is above the law, not even the police who enforce it.” - Anonymous

[@og_3rd_st_saint_gat]

Some people dont deserve to be police if that was me I would sue them

[@Vorusen]

Kinda hard to sue from a coffin 6ft deep in the ground lol

[@AJ-vm8ft]

I will never understand why taxpayers foot the bill on these settlements against employees’ misconduct whose salaries are already paid for by taxpayers. Make it make sense. Why am I paying for you to abuse your power, as a civil servant, just to also pay for the settlement as a result of you abusing your power?

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

Even the footsoldiers get $100k with "overtime". The more powerful cops steal cash from people and get the occasional drug bribe.

[@Luka-DanteGodofMischief]

I always said when their is a lawsuit they should take it out of the paychecks of every cop in that department or police pension and we will see how quickly they start turning in the bad ones when it starts affecting their pockets

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

Perfect example of the types of cops you CAN’T trust

[@knightwolf9863]

These monsters should be given the death sentence for these atrocious crimes.

[@Tuturial464]

Don’t be stupid, the need to feel the injustice they did to their victims

[@sharyageorge]

The thing that bothers me is this, as medical personnel if you make a mistake that causes someone to lose their life you lose your job, license to practice medicine, and you can go to prison. Yet you have officers who do the same and try to cover it up but still get a slap on the wrist? Why? Why is it they hold police officers at a different standard? They shouldn’t even get the chance to retire or leave so they can save their pension. That’s why the bad ones feel like their untouchable. What happened to protect and serve?

[@lifewiththekids1250]

This is why you never hear anyone say F*ck the Fire Department

[@atworkstation]

Right.

[@analerma3837]

This needs to be a show and movie

[@timothyserabian5103]

Long Island NY - Marty Tankliff: his adoptive parents were murdered in their home and Marty was interrogated for hours despite maintaining his innocence. The lead officer then lied to Marty claiming his father woke up and said he did it. He then had to write a confession despite being innocent. Luckily, after 30 years in prison, he was set free. The whole thing was a mess from start to finish and the police actively made the situation worse.

[@danielferrieri7434]

Top Ten Horrible Things Police Officers do 1. Police Brutality

[@markzuckergecko621]

If police brutality was as bad as the left and the media want people to think it is, they would be able to find better examples than the ones that make headlines and always have missing context and misleading narratives.

[@tmbline]

​@@markzuckergecko621so killing, framing and abusing ppl isn't the worst of it?

[@phlodel]

@@markzuckergecko621 My friend was beaten so severely the cops wouldn't admit they had him in custody for almost two months. They had to let him heal up before they would process him into the system. Only then was he photographed for a mug shot. So, there's no record of him being beaten.

[@TheHauntedKiwi]

@@phlodel Convenient way for police to try to dodge medical bills for life, likely he's going to suffer physical disability for the rest of his life. People don't heal like anime protagonists, many things stay broken forever.

[@brianarbenz1329]

@Mark Zuckergecko - save your rant for a video actually about police brutality. This is about frame ups. The fact that you don’t even address the topic of this vid says a lot about the strength of your arguments. False convictions are a widespread industry among many police departments. It’s _worse_ than the media want people to think it is.

[@zohaibamin8836]

I learned of another scandal Scarcella got himself into, it was the murder of a friend of his and he not only forced a person to say an innocent man was the culprit, but he didn't conduct a DNA test to be sure. And he has a history of wrongful arrests.

[@jonmel]

This could be just on detective scarcella

[@shanew899]

What about the Guildford Four? "In the Name of the Father" with Daniel Day-Lewis was based on the story.

[@Jennifer-jt9cb]

You can't forget the West Memphis 3. They were wrongfully convicted of a crime which they had nothing to do with, and the police coached several people to lie on the stand to ensure a conviction. There were mountains of evidence that proved they were innocent, but it wasn't allowed to be presented at trial. Jason Baldwin's lawyer actually told him to keep his head down instead of watching his own trial. I've met him and he is one of the sweetest men I have ever encountered. You would think that after spending 18 years in prison for a crime he had absolutely nothing to do with, that he would come out angry, bitter, and hating the world. But in fact that's the exact *OPPOSITE* of what he's like. He is working with the Innocence Project, which is trying to get innocent men released from their incarceration and vindicate them.

[@jharrington08able]

If cops would put as much effort into investigating crimes, as they do framing people, there would be a lot less innocent people in prison.

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Amazing video watch mojo of dirty corrupt cops that framed innocent people for their own gain too,fantastic job.

[@Kaden10]

What are your Prime Directives? 1. Serve the Public Trust 2. Protect the Innocent 3. Uphold the Law All things the cops on this list and many others failed to do when they took their oath to protect and serve.

[@mattalan6618]

thanks Robocop

[@SirAsdf]

It's almost like There Are No Good Cops or something.

[@funtimes7757]

Richard Jewell? That man was waaaay into the process of being set up. He was so so lucky he had a good lawyer

[@PrinceIsot]

They didn't frame my uncle but they also presented very little evidence when he was prosecuted, now he's being released because of the innocence project and they're trying to push that back as much as possible

[@fourwingsweepa1705]

Your black pos uncle is guilty

[@kriscynical]

Shit like this is why I will never fully support capital punishment. So long as cops and DAs frame suspects and entities like The Innocence Project need to _exist,_ the US justice system can't be trusted to the point of wagering people's lives on it. Are there crimes that I believe warrant capital punishment? Absolutely. But in many of these cases, the convictions aren't rock solid enough to be 100% sure we're not murdering an innocent person.

[@lexmatthewtheurbanavenger8538]

Dirty cops, dirty cops, whatcha going do when they frame you

[@Dopecheetah]

Ha😂 good job yo😂

[@amez643]

This is the side of Watchmojo I like

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks for these lists

[@marcjameswhelan]

Bot

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

10 times that we know about

[@hughgordon6435]

TRUTH,!!!!

[@MeliesCinemagician]

Another notable case is that of Alfred de Marigny. In 1943, when multimillionaire Sir Harry Oakes was murdered in his bed in Nassau in the Bahamas, the chief suspect was, at first, his son-in-law, Alfred de Marigny. The strongest piece of evidence was one of Marigny's fingerprints found in Oakes' bedroom. During the trial, however, it was found that the fingerprint had been planted. The Duke of Windsor, the governor of the Bahamas at the time, had brought two detectives, Captain James Barker and Captain Edward Melchen, in from Miami to take charge of the case. After the duke spoke with the two detectives in private for half an hour, they arrested de Marigny and had the crime scene scrubbed down. During Marigny's interrogation, the detectives offered him a packet of cigarettes, where it's believed they obtained his fingerprint. The worst part is that, because they destroyed the crime scene, it's likely the true murderer will never be brought to justice. The murder is still unsolved. Fortunately, Marigny was acquitted at his trial.

[@Spawnwick_Boseman82820]

A million or more but that would take days or a week to finish

[@The_True_Guy_Who_Asked]

At least 12 years without stopping

[@SMA_Movies]

Can't believe cops frame people

[@tarikkash4282]

FTP!!

[@SMA_Movies]

@@tarikkash4282?

[@bobbywilson9468]

Believe it... Trust I know!!!!

[@buddefreitas8945]

@@SMA_Movies it means fack the police

[@USCanDoBetter]

@@bobbywilson9468 Or just acknowledge what happens in the world around.

[@kenyattaclay7666]

The only way to truly combat this BS by the police is to stop making taxpayers have to pay for the money given to the innocent people & take that money from the police officers retirement funds & the police unions. The officers that do these things don’t just wake up one day and decided to frame innocent people & are protected by other officers and their unions. If they actually have to pay then maybe they would stop protecting them & weed them out.

[@keoughlajenkins]

Arpaio should never have been in law enforcement

[@lovefromwonderland]

Police who plant evidence and frame an innocent person literally make me sick. I can only imagine how I’d feel if I was framed for a crime I didn’t commit.

[@mdf3530]

Rolando Cruz. A little girl by the name of Janine Nicarico was kidnapped and murdered in Naperville, IL. The investigators for the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office and prosecutors from the DuPage County State’s Attorney were so sure they had the right person, they kept railroading him into jail even after his convictions kept getting tossed out by higher courts. They deliberately withheld evidence that would’ve exonerated him. They were eventually brought up on charges themselves (malicious prosecution, official misconduct, and conspiracy to commit). They got off because they were white.

[@nicolelawrence7722]

Kathryn Johnston's case is so much worse than reported here. She never had a gun. One of the cop's bullets ricochet off something and hit the cop in the thigh. The Red Dog unit in Atlanta was disbanded after the Kathryn Johnston case. One of the sergeants that was in charge of the Atlanta Red Dog unit went on to become the police chief in Memphis, and restarted the Red Dog until there. That team murdered Tyre Nichols in January.

[@lovelyladyd24]

These police officers are sociopathic. How can you send someone to prison for decades for something they didn’t do and not feel anything? That’s horrible. Also the knowledge that police can just break into an innocent persons home and murder them is horrifying. 😢

[@CrimsonNineTail]

Didn't the Rampart scandal inspire the Strike Team, from the series The Shield?

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

End Qualified Immunity!

[@callen8908]

People are imperfect, and our institutions are imperfect. That is why oversight is necessary. A separate set of people having a critical look at the process

[@The_True_Guy_Who_Asked]

If watchmojo is gone within a week, you know what happened

[@particle4005]

I am dying of laughter. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣☝️ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣☝️

[@Gloomgrave]

The police and judges are all paid by the prison system to keep their prisons to at least 90% capacity, because the prison system is privatised but it gets money given to it by the government for every inmate that is in prison. Think about that for a second. That's exactly what they mean when they say the system is rigged. So next time you see someone who is claiming they are innocent, they just might be despite the "evidence" they have against them.

[@nobodynoonenowhere5609]

Now that's NEWS!😂😂

[@aprilmorris4588]

I lived in Maricopa County in the early 2000s and I didn't have any issues with him then. It was after we left the Valley of the Sun that I found out so much of his own crimes. I know he was pardoned - which proved he was guilty as h*ll - yet I still would love seeing him inside the those tents 🥵 where he loved to incarcerate so many. 🤬 He most certainly deserved it.

[@USCanDoBetter]

You should do a Top 10 Times Cops Planted Drugs. It happens a lot more than I thought!

[@Usernotfound31231]

Cops who frame people should have to serve the time their victims served, tripled, and then added to the time served for their own crimes. At minimum.

[@Dopecheetah]

All this work cops do to lie on innocent people, takes time and energy. That time and energy could be used to Actually solve the fcking crime. It’s crazy yo.

[@pmarcusb]

You could do this list every week

[@USCanDoBetter]

What’s really crazy is the amount of people who just don’t care. I mean the police are necessary and it’s terrifying but it’s crazy when you see how everyday cops do all kinds of awful crap!

[@fourwingsweepa1705]

Who would want to be a cop in Yankee land when every lunatic runs around shooting everyone

[@jacobnelson4150]

@@fourwingsweepa1705 ... wrong side of the Americas bud....

[@USCanDoBetter]

@@jacobnelson4150 I think he’s a Brit. Yankee means American there.

[@USCanDoBetter]

@@fourwingsweepa1705 Well you’ve got a point there. Which is why the position IS important and SHOULD be lauded and very well compensated. We need to weed out these criminal cops and build up the good ones.

[@fourwingsweepa1705]

@@USCanDoBetter no fucking way am I a stinking pasty pom

[@usuckthereturn]

Only 10!!!! How about 20, 100… How about every time an officer takes the witness stand to validate the prosecutions case!!!

[@gretahhounshell3061]

the fact that there are 10 times (in this video) this happened makes me wonder how long the list was originally and how much isn't known....

[@isaiahach]

the people who were framed spent decades in prison while the people who did the framing only spent a couple of years in prison? doesn't really seem fair. their prison sentence should match the number of years the person spent in prison.

[@flamingeel3196]

good thing you have internal affairs where the police look into police corruption and musconduct

[@brianarbenz1329]

Also known as: the fox guarding the henhouse.

[@matthewschauenburg]

How to deal with criminal cops: Two center, one high. Repeat as needed.

[@markzuckergecko621]

Good luck with that little fella.

[@matthewschauenburg]

@@markzuckergecko621 Works like a charm here in MKE. Tried and true.....lil puddin head.

[@MrJesu84]

Cops always get away with criminal activity

[@NoirValkyrie]

And this is just 10, there are likely thousands more. Absolutely disgusting. The worst part is, they go unchecked and they keep doing it. Their ego and hatred is put above the oath they took to protect people. Can't trust them.

[@chrisperez1650]

I truly believe (as well as the justice system says) if a defendant cannot afford an attorney THE STATE will provide one. So if they cannot afford one, they shouldn't be allowed to get the state to pay private attorneys, they get a public defender just like the rest of us

[@jamessparkman6604]

These guys are like the American equivalent of the sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood

[@MORONIC_official]

Horrible, Justice is flawed.

[@likezomundea1505]

Just started the video… I hope O.J is on here 😂😂

[@josephbonczyk3182]

So officers on this list, ask me this: What were you thinking of in the first place? Just because you worked with the law, it doesn’t mean you’re entirely above the law. There is no such thing that says anyone is above the law itself! Even commissioners and judges are under the eyes of law.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

To Serve & Protect...Indeed. 🙄

[@Kiraiko44]

The fact that the number one guy only got a few years is sickening

[@JamesGilbert_]

That case used for number one is beyond infuriating.

[@haxor7372]

“Who made you God, little man? Not that gun, not that uniform, nothing!” Man, if only Spawn was among us

[@85futureshock]

Just 10?

[@outstretchedwings]

For context: Japan used to have their own equivalent to the Untouchables in India, a caste of people who did all the nasty stuff that no one wanted to do called the eta. Technically, this caste was abolished, but the ancestors of these people, now more politely known as the Burkumin, still exist, and are treated worse than the Ainu (Japan's Indigenous people). A girl was murdered, and they accused the first person nearest to them, a Burkumin guy. Turns out it wasn't, it's just that the cops were under a lot of pressure to solve this crime, and they just decided to go after the nearest minority available.

[@ejburton610]

There should be a top 25 list for this one

[@renatoandwill]

11:39 concerted?

[@zach7193]

Well, this list was something else. How did Rubin Carter, Jon Burge, and the Norfolk 4 not make the cut?

[@almostyummymummy]

Was expecting this to be from the US only. Hearing Arthur Allan Thomas mentioned brings back memories of the whole things.

[@maxsredditreadingclub8353]

RIP To All The Innocent 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@theepilogue2190]

I read the title as 10 times the police framed police. Hey there's another video idea!

[@lolacabana123]

Over 2,000 people effected, and he only got three years?? This is why they keep doing it. No real accountability or justice

[@matthewkuchinski1769]

Considering that Joe Arpaio was the sheriff of Maricopa County, the most populous and wealthiest county in all of Arizona and was given a lot of power while in office, the fact that he abused his power is sadly not a surprise.

[@ev14304]

8:37 Want to know more about this man's story

[@The_Notorious_N.O.E.]

Imagine getting caught encouraging your whole police department to arrest innocent black people in order to frame them for crimes they didn't commit. This guy only served 3 years for all that 🤦‍♂️ jeeez

[@pinchekittybiker]

3 year sentence? Seriously? With THAT much abuse of power - ONLY THREE YEARS?!?!?

[@4fortune1984]

The fact you could find times is saddest to me SMH

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Watchmojo doing a Public Service...Thank you.

[@mht525]

Police like all people hide thier prejudices. I have been framed by police, thanks to saying 'no comment until I talk to my Lawyer' . My Lawyer used evidence presented by the prosecution to discreet the prosecution display reasonable doubt and The Judge directed the State to sack the officers and the Sargent. New police officers are now very aware to not harass me. Justice is blind and balanced. Know your rights to seek Legal advice and make no comment. ✌️🤘🇦🇺

[@mattcurless1556]

Whats crazy to me is that people are so soft nowdays that they have to blur out a little blood. My god people.

[@wolvie667]

Some also where on Death Row in America. Hope Mojo also do a top 10/20 people after years released as innocent men

[@leobacelli3459]

And you know something else that’s another thing I can’t stand is frame ups, innocent people being framed for crimes, the guilty committed cause, while the innocent person is running away in prison or a correctional facility, or in this case, the penitentiary, or the local jail, the real perpetrators of said crimes just deny everything and walk away

[@adee7546]

11:40: should be "CONCERTED effort," not "conceited." Conceited means arrogant.

[@midnite_rambler]

Where is Lindy Chamberlain? You know the "dingo took my baby" lady that was jailed for murdering her baby? Turned out dingoes really DID take her baby, and that she had been framed by Police and a complicit media. She was awarded $1.3m AUD which was a lot back then. The case was world famous.

[@carrioncrow13]

I'm not even US-American and I have heard of the Rampart Scandal.

[@Heraldo_Del_Mar]

Another reason to be wary about "law enforcement" officials. They'll come up anything and implicate whoever to do their so-called job.

[@francoperalta5986]

And people wonder why defund the police was so appealing.

[@dewymessiah_8355]

I’m surprised my boy Wayne Jenkins from the Baltimore PD Gun Trace Task Force isn’t on the list, mojo gotta make a part 2 of this list